subtending's Usage Examples:

15, B, Sc) is the first and only leaf of an axillary shoot (b) borne on that side of the shoot, the axis of which is suppressed, opposite the subtending bract (fig.

It is thus proved that the sporangiophore is not a mere sporangial stalk, but a distinct organ, in all probability representing a ventral lobe of the subtending bract.

Each sporangiophore is traversed throughout its length by a vascular bundle connected with that which supplies the subtending bract.

The resistance to slipping of a flat belt on a pulley may be obtained by considering the equilibrium of a small arc of the pulley surface subtending an angle dB at the centre, and having tensions T and T+dT at its extremities.

Bracts of a more general character subtending branches C' of the inflorescence are singularly rare in Gramineae, in marked contrast with Cyperaceae, where they are so conspicuous.

The eye, unaided or armed with a telescope, is able to see, as points of light, stars subtending no sentsible angle.

Synonyms:

be, delimit,

Antonyms:

agree, be well, change,